In case you missed it, here were the top sports stories on FOX Sports Florida from Wednesday, September 4:
* Darrelle Revis said all the right things Wednesday, when he was inspected again: That he's excited, that he's working hard, that he doesn't know how he will feel when he stands on that familiar field Sunday in "enemy colors," as Jets coach Rex Ryan called it, because he is focused on working to become game-ready. The past will wait for the weekend because, after all, the present has demands. Read More
* FOX Sports Florida’s Chris Tomasson says the Dolphins are improved,
but a tough schedule will prevent them from reaching the playoffs. He
takes a look at key players and areas heading into the regular season. Read More
* Unlike the quarterback he was helping protect at this time a year ago
at Texas A&M, Luke Joeckel doesn't crave the media spotlight or
enjoy big cities. He claims to not even have a Twitter account, a rarity
in this day and age for someone who will turn 22 in November. Read More
* Wil Myers hit two homers off Jered Weaver, and the Rays kept pace in the AL wild-card race with a 3-1 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Wednesday night. Read More
* A decision on Blaine Gabbert's return from a broken thumb could stretch until game day. Jacksonville Jaguars coach Gus Bradley said Wednesday that his quarterback decision "very easily could" last until before Sunday's game against Kansas City. Read More
* Jacksonville Jaguars tight end Marcedes Lewis left practice early Wednesday after re-injuring his left calf. Coach Gus Bradley says Lewis' calf "tightened up" early in practice, so team doctors pulled him for further evaluation. Read More
* When Florida Gators defensive back returns to South Florida on Saturday to play Miami, he’ll be facing a team for whom his father once was an assistant coach. During Vernon Hargreaves Jr.'s time on Miami's staff, the Hurricanes won 34 consecutive games from 2000-02, including the 2001 national title. Read More
* Donnie Murphy homered to cap a four-run rally in the seventh inning and the Chicago Cubs connected four times Wednesday to beat the Miami Marlins 9-7. Murphy's two-run shot put the Cubs ahead 8-7. Starlin Castro, Dioner Navarro and Ryan Sweeney each added solo home runs for Chicago. Read More
* Darrelle Revis wants Geno Smith to know that it might be a wise idea to study him. The four-time Pro Bowl cornerback will make his return to MetLife Stadium on Sunday as part of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Smith, the New York Jets’ rookie quarterback, seems to have taken a loose approach to this fact. Read More
* While Miami Dolphins training camp meant weeks of speculation, prognostication and station-to-station evaluation, one moment of distillation summed up the team's prospects. They hinge on Ryan Tannehill. "We'll only be as good as he is," tight end Charles Clay said. Read More
* It's little surprise Sun Life Stadium will be sold out Saturday afternoon for the last scheduled meeting between Miami and Florida. The big question is: Just how will the crowd be divided in terms of allegiance? Read More
* On Friday, September 6 at 6 p.m. EST, FOX Sports Florida, the local television home of the Florida Panthers, will premiere a new episode of "Inside the Panthers," titled, "Cats in the Community." Read More
* New York real estate magnate and Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross is donating $200 million to the University of Michigan for its business school and athletics programs, the largest single donation to the school and among the largest single gifts in higher education history, officials announced Wednesday. Read More
* Win or lose, the Tampa Bay Rays were going to party. Little had gone right for manager Joe Maddon's team since Aug. 25. Before Tuesday, they had lost eight of nine games, including the first four of a 10-game West Coast swing. Once close with the Boston Red Sox in the American League East, they had fallen to 5 ½ games back of the division lead. Read More
